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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Hanukkah(or Chanukkah) and Thanksgiving coincide this year and that won't happen again for 70,000 years! This blog is especially dedicated to my friend, Janet's granddaughter, Lia! Happy Hanukkah!!

The Hanukkah Mice by Steven
Kroll

A little mouse family watches
the Silman family celebrate Hanukkah on the very first night.Rachel Silman gets a beautiful doll house for
a gift and the mice are enchanted and sure it is just the right size for
them.

Each night another little
gift appears in the house and the mice have a wonderful Hanukkah and a new
house thanks to Rachel.

I loved the pictures in this
book.The little mice even wore yarmulkes!

I would read this book to
kids 3-6.

Hanukkah: A Counting Book by
Emily Sper

A simple book that has
cutouts as each candle on the menorah is lit. A little one could use it to
learn to count and an older child can learn the names of the numbers in Yiddish
and Hebrew.I would read this book to
kids 1-8.

The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel

Bubba Brayna, is old, hard of hearing and has trouble
seeing but everyone

loves to come to her house during Chanukkah to eat her
latkes. When he

first visitor shows up, Bubba Brayna is sure it is the
rabbi but it is a bear

who woke up from his winter sleep instead!She entertains him and feeds

him and sends him on his way.Then the real company shows up! A cutebook about miscommunication with a happy ending. I
would read this book to kids 5-8.

Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat by Naomi Howland

If you ever read the story of Strega Nona you will
love this book which has

the same theme.Sadie’s brothers refuse to gather wood for the fire so Sadie

goes herself and meets and old woman who gives her a
magic pan and the

special words to make it work.When Sadie’s brother overhears her speak

the words, he is sure he can make it work too. When
Sadie is gone to find

the old woman, the brothers make latkes and more
latkes and more latkes.

Find out how the happy ending comes about when you
read this book. I would read this book to kids 4-8.